11. Bake about 20 minutes or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out dry.

12. Remove and transfer cupcakes to cool completely.

13. Use a teaspoon to create a shallow hole of the center of each cupcakes and fill with caramel sauce.

Makes 24 cupcakes.

Caramel Buttercream

Ingredients:

2 sticks softened butter

6-8 cups powdered sugar

1/2 cup buttermilk

4 tablespoons caramel sauce plus some for decoration

1/2 cup crushed Fritos or corn chips (see above) for decoration

Directions:

1. Mix together butter, buttermilk and two cups of the powdered sugar.

2. Gradually add the rest of the sugar one cup at a time until you reach the desired consistency.

3. Mix in the caramel sauce.

4. Load into a pastry bag and swirl the frosting onto the cupcakes.

5. Sprinkle the crushed chips over the top and then drizzle the caramel.

If you like, push in a single Frito/corn chip on the peak of the frosting.

Bringing chips to the big game doesn’t have to mean a quick-trip down the snack isle.

It can be an adventure in baking using one of Frito-Lay’s signature chip — Fritos.

Lora Wiley, an East Coast food blogger whose culinary musings can be found on “Diary of a Mad Hausfrau”, combined two recipes, added her own twist and created a cupcake blend to satisfy fans of the salty-sweet persuasion.

Fritos Corn Chips is a product of Frito-Lay, a Dallas-based company with a manufacturing plant in Rancho Cucamonga.

Wiley adapted the vanilla cupcake recipe from New York’s famous Magnolia Bakery by adding about a cup of crushed Fritos and caramel sauce. She tops each cupcake with Caramel Buttercream, also adopted from Magnolia Bakery, and decorates them with a Frito.

One look at the photo of these decadent delights and Glendora’s Pat Auriemmo couldn’t contain herself.

“Wow, they look delicious,” she said. “I’m not a football fan, but if I had the recipe I would bring these to either a potluck at work or make them when I host Bunco (a popular dice game with 12 players).”

Well, here you go Pat.

For those who are hosting or attending a Super Bowl soiree and are supposed to bring the chips, here’s an option as sweet looking as one of Payton Manning’s passes and as salty as the Seahawks fans’ language after a bad call. A winning combination no matter which team wins the Super Bowl.